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Free. No account. Runs in your browser.
Botly loads once, about 13 MB, and then plays offline.
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You/Blue 167 Botly/White 167 Session 0 (0 games)

BotlyBotly for RookiesNumbers and matchesExplains every move

You are BlueBotly is White

Game Type
Botly level

Easy, and sometimes Advanced, make deliberate errors to simulate playing against a human. Coach mode and Game Review point out each one.Botly explains each one.

Play Mode

COACH shows BEST, ERROR, or BLUNDER after each of your decisions and adds a Hint button. COMPETITION stays quiet until the game review.

Doubling cube
Moving checkers

You can always drag a checker. With Tap and Point, tap a checker and then the point where it should land, and Botly uses both dice when the point needs them. With One Tap, each tap moves a checker by the marked die, and tapping the dice swaps them.

Botly coaches every move. After you play, you see BEST, ERROR, or BLUNDER, and Botly Says explains why in plain language. Stuck? Tap Hint.

Botly loads once, about 13 MB, and then plays offline.

Unlimited games are scored as running sessions with the Jacoby Rule on and no Beavers. Matches vary according to the selected length, applying the Crawford Rule. Your last five games stay on this device only, and no account is needed. Botly is powered by Open Sage 2.0.20260907 (Mozilla Public License 2.0) and runs in your browser.

With the cube off, you can focus on moving checkers. A gammon counts double and a backgammon triple, with or without the cube, and there are no Beavers. Your last five games stay on this device only, and no account is needed. Botly is powered by Open Sage 2.0.20260907 (Mozilla Public License 2.0) and runs in your browser.